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Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Albania Republic of Albania (official, English), Republika e Shqipris(official,
Albanian), Arnavutluk(Turkish)
Algeria
(common,
English)
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (official, English), al-Jazir(common,
Arabic), al Jumhuriyya al Jazaa'iriyya ad-Dmuqriyya ash Sha'biyya (official,
Arabic)
Argentina
(common,
English)
Argentine Republic (official, English), la Argentina(colloquial, Spanish), the
Argentine(archaic, English), Argentine Nation(official and legally preferred,
English),United Provinces of the Ro de la Plata (official, English), Argentine
Confederation (official, English)
Armenia
(common,
English)
Hayastan(transliterated Armenian, original: ), Republic of
Armenia (official, English)
Australia(common,
English)
Commonwealth of Australia(official, English), New Holland(former name, English)
Austria
(common,
English)
Republic of Austria (official, English), Republik sterreich(official,
German), sterreich(common, German)
Azerbaijan
(common,
English)
Azrbaycan Respublikas(official, Azerbaijani), Republic of Azerbaijan(official,
English)
B [edit]
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Bangladesh
Bangladesh(common name, meaning the country ofBengal),
Gnprjatntri Bangladesh(long official name
inBengali), People's Republic of Bangladesh(long official name in English),
Bangla(alternative name meaning the geographical landofBengal), Bngg(Bongo, historical name for geographical area ofBengal),
Gnggarriddhi(ancient name for Bengal region), Bengal Presidency(former
political name),
Purb Bngg/East Bengal(former political name), Purb
Pakistan/East Pakistan(former political name).
Belarus Republic of Belarus (official, English), Gudija(Lithuanian),Byelorussia (former
name), White Russia(outdated)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Bengalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=2https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austriahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Russiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarushttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Pakistanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Bengalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_Presidencyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangaridaihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladeshhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=2https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austriahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Holland_(Australia)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Australiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayastanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armeniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentinahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeriahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albania -
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Belize British Honduras(former, English)
Benin Dahomey(former name), Republic of Benin (official, English),Rpublique du
Bnin(official, French)
Botswana Bechuanaland(former, English),Republic of Botswana (official, English)
Brazil
Pindorama(native, pre-colonization, Tupi-Guaran), Terra de Santa Cruz(early
Portuguese colonization), Ilha de Vera Cruz(former, Portuguese),Empire of
Brazil(former, English),United States of Brazil(former, English), FederativeRepublic of Brazil (official, English), Terra di Papaga(former, Italian)
Burkina
Faso
(official, English
and French)
Upper Volta(former name, English),Haute-Volta(former name, French),Bourkina-
Fasso(unofficial French form in the first few days after the 1984 change from Upper
Volta until the government clarified the official spelling)
C [edit]
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Cambodia
(common,
English)
Kingdom of Cambodia (official, English), Royaume du Cambodge(official,
French), Kampuchea(former officially-sanctioned common name in the English
language and transliteration from Khmer language),Khmer Republic (former
official),Democratic Kampuchea(former official), People's Republic of
Kampuchea(former official), State of Cambodia(former official)
Cameroon
(common,English)
Republic of Cameroon (official, English), United Republic of Cameroon(former
official, English)
Canada
(official, English
and French)
Dominion of Canada(historical long form, English), Dominion du Canada(historical
long form, French), Acadia(French colony), Francisca (as labeled on an old map )
Cape
Verde
(common,
English)
Cabo Verde(official, Portuguese and English the Government of Cabo Verde now
uses that form for official purposes in English as well as Portuguese)
Central
African
Republic
(official,
English)
Oubangui-Chari (former, French),Ubangi-Shari(English), Rpublique
Centrafricaine(official, French),Empire Centrafricain(former official, French), Central
African Empire(English)
Chile
(official, Republic of Chile (official, English),Chilli(Aymara), Chili(Quechua),Reyno de
Chile(colonial Spanish),Capitania general de Chile(colonial Spanish)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Chilehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_African_Empirehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oubangui-Charihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_African_Republichttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Verdehttp://www.chronologia.org/map/im/pt01.JPGhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Kampuchea#Transition:_State_of_Cambodia_.281989_-_1993.29https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Kampucheahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Kampucheahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Republichttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampucheahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Cambodiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=3https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Upper_Voltahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Fasohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechuanalandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswanahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahomeyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beninhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belize -
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English)
China
(common,
English)
People's Republic of China (official), PRC( initialism),China
(common, ambiguous),Communist China(colloquial, mainly used by Western
countries), Red China(colloquial, mainly derogatory), (colloquial and mainly
derogatory, mainly used by the ROC with a cognate used in Vietnam),Mainland China/
/(colloquial, refers to the area that the PRC Government administers
since the end of the Chinese Civil War),New China/ (colloquial, pro-Communist), Shenzhou/ , Ch'in Empire, Cathay(obsolete, now mainly used
poetically), Zhongguois the name for China in Chinese language.
Democratic
Republic of
Congo
(official,
English)
Zaire(former official name, 1971 to 1997 still occasionally used to distinguish it
from Republic of the Congo), DRC( initialism), Congo Kinshasa(used in contrast to
"Congo Brazzaville"), Belgian Congo(former name during Belgian colonization, 1908
to 1960, English), Congo belge(former name, French), Congo Free State(former
name, 1885 to 1908),Republic of the Congo(former name, 1960 to 1964, during
which time both Congos had identical official names)
Republic
of Congo
(official,
English)
Congo(common), Congo Brazzaville(used in contrast to "Congo Kinshasa"), French
Congo(former name during French colonization, 1880 to 1910, English)
Croatia
(official,
English)
Hrvatska(official, Croatian also in Serbian, Bosnian and
Montenegrin),Hrvaka(Slovenian)
Czech
Republic
(official,
English)
esk republika (official, Czech, Slovak), esko(common, Czech,
Slovak), Czechia(rare, English),Bohemia(former, English)
D [edit]
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Djibouti
(common)
French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, French Somaliland,Obock
Territory(former names, English), Territoire franais des Afars et des Issas, Cte
franaise des Somalis, Territoire d'Obock(former names, French), Republic of
Djibouti (official, English),Rpublique de Djibouti(official, French)
Denmark
(common,
English)
Danmark(common, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian) Kingdom of Denmark(official,
English), Kongeriget Danmark(official, Danish)
Roma--rome
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmarkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmarkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djiboutihttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=4https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cesk%C3%A1_republikahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republichttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrvatskahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Congohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo_(L%C3%A9opoldville)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Free_Statehttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Congo_belge&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Congohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zairehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_Warhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainland_Chinahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China -
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E [edit]
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Egypt
(common)
Mir(formal shortened, Arabic), Mer(common, Arabic), Aegyptus (former,
Latin), Kmi(Coptic) Arab Republic of Egypt (official, English),
Estonia(common)
Eesti(common, Estonian), Viru(poetic, Estonian), Viro (common,
Finnish), Estland(common, German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian,Dutch),Maarjamaa(Terra Marianapoetic, Estonian), Igaunija(common, Latvian)
Ethiopia
(common)
Abyssinia (former), Habeshastan(Turkish), Federal Democratic Republic of
Ethiopia (official, English), Ethiopi(common, Dutch),Al-Habasha (Arabic)
F [edit]
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Finland
(common,
English and
Swedish)
Republic of Finland(official, English), Suomi(common, Finnish),Suomen
tasavalta(official, Finnish),Republiken Finland (official, Swedish), Soome (common,
Estonian)
France
(common,
English and
French)
French Republic(official, English),Rpublique Franaise (official,
French), L'Hexagone(often journalistic, colloquial French), Gaul(former name,
English), Gaule(former name, French), La France(unofficial, French), Farana(common
Arabic)
G [edit]
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Georgia
(official,
English)
Iberia(former, English, East Georgia), Colchis(former, English, West
Georgia), Iveria(usually used as Christian name), Republic of Georgia(former, before
the 1995 Constitution), Grcistan(Turkish),Sakartvelo(in their own language)
Germany
(common,
English)
Federal Republic of Germany(official, English), Bundesrepublik Deutschland(official,
German),Deutschland(common, German),BRD(German initialism), FRG(Englishinitialism) - all formerly meant only West Germanybut now apply to reunified Germany
Duitsland(common, Dutch)
Former East Germany(unofficial, English): Deutsche Demokratische Republik (official,
German), German Democratic Republic (official, English), DDR (German
initialism),GDR (English initialism).
In Romance languagesGermany is referred to by varieties of Alemanniaand in Slavic
languagesvariants ofNemacia. Some languages usepars pro totonames
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_languageshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_languageshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Germanyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Germanyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakartvelohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Georgiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(country)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colchishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_Iberiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(country)https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=7https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaulhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finlandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=6https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_Marianahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estoniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypthttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=5 -
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like BavariaorSaxonyor the former Prussia.
Ghana
(common,
English)
Gold Coast(colonial, English), United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC)
Greece
(official
English
description)
Hellas(official and common name),("Hellada" common name in
Greek), ("Hellas" official description in Greek),Yunanistan(Turkish), HellenicRepublic(official name of Greek state, English)
Guinea-
Bissau
(common,
English)
Portuguese Guinea(former, English), Republic of Guinea-Bissau(official,
English), Guin-Bissao(archaic, Portuguese),Guinea(shorthand, used when context
clearly distinguishes Guinea-Bissau from the neighboring Republic of Guinea)
H [edit]
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Hungary
(official,
English)
Republic of Hungary(official between 19461949 and 19892012), People's Republic
of Hungary(official, 19181919 and 19491989), Kingdom of Hungary(10001918 and
19191946),Regnum Hungari(official in Latin, the language of administration until
1834), Hungaria(short form, Latin),Magyarorszg(official Hungarian name has been
the commonly used form of the name during all its history), Magyar
Kztrsasg(Hungarian for "Republic of Hungary"), Magyar Npkztrsasg(Hungarian
for "People's Republic of Hungary"), Magyar Tancskztrsasg(Hungarian name of thefirst People's Republic),Magyar Kirlysg(Hungarian for "Kingdom of Hungary")
I [edit]
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Iceland
(official,
English)
Republic of Iceland(official English description), sland(official Icelandic
name), Lveldi sland(official Icelandic description), Fold(poetic name), Thule(Latin
name, also poetic), Frn, safold(both poetic)
India
(common,
English)
Bhrat(official name in Hindiand all Indian Languages), Bhrat Gaarjya(official long
form in Hindi), Republic of India(official long form in English),Union of India,
Hindustan(unofficial name in Hindi/Urdu), (Al-)Hind(name in
Arabic/Persian/Urdu), Aryavarta(name in Sanskrit), Bhrat Prajatantra(official long form
inBengali), Bhratavara(name inSanskrit).
Indonesia
Nusantara(dating back from Hindu era), Insulinde(from the Colonial
era), Indunesia(suggestion for Dutch East Indies' modern name),Indonesi (common,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nusantarahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrithttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrithttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Indiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_India#Bharathttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Dslandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=9https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungaryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=8https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Guineahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea-Bissauhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greecehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Coast_(region)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana -
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Dutch)
Iran
Persiawas coined by ancient Greeks referring to Iran, which has always been the local
name. Use of the Greek name continued in the west until 1932, when upon Iran's request,
the local name of Iran became the internationally legal name, replacing Persia. Though
both still remain in use today, outside of legal sphere.Fars in Arabic. Islamic Republic of
Iranis the current official name.
Iraq Mesopotamia (former name),Assyria(former/historical name),Babylon(former/historicalname)
Ireland
(common
and official,
English)
ire(official Irish name), Irish Free State (19221937), Poblacht na hireann(official
Irish description),Republic of Ireland(unofficial English description), Saorstt
ireann(Irish 1922-1937), Erin,Banba, Fodla(three poetic names),Hibernia(Latin
name, also poetic)
Israel
State of Israel(official English name), (Medinat Yisra'el) (official Hebrew
name), (Dawlat Isra'il) (official Arabic name),the Jewish State(unofficial), the
Hebrew State(unofficial), the Holy Land( ) / Eretz Yisrael( ) (Bible)
Italy Repubblica Italiana(official Italian name), Italia(common,
Italian),Ausonia, Esperia, Enotria, Tirrenia(poetic names)
Ivory Coast
(common,
English)
Cte d'Ivoire(common, French and official, English), the Republic of Cte d'Ivoire has
asked that the French name be used in all languages
J [edit]
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Jamaica Xamayca(Spanish version of Taino name)
Japan
Nippon(?) (official name inJapanese), Nihon(alternate, more common reading of
in Japanese),Yamato(?) or (historic, ancient Japan), yashima(
?) (meaning the country of eight great islands, historic), Cipangu/Zipangu or Gipangu
(appeared in The Travels of Marco Poloin the 13th century)
Jordan Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan(official, English)
K [edit]
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Kazakhstan
(common,
English)
Republic of Kazakhstan(official English long name), Kazakhstan(English passport
short name),Republic of Kazakhstan(English passport long name), (official
Kazakh short name), (official Kazakh long
name), Qazaqstan(Kazakh short name in Latin script),Alash/ / Ala (former
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=11https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Travels_of_Marco_Polohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_setshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_setshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamato_periodhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_setshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaicahttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=10https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory_Coasthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89irehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irelandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyriahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran -
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name, also poetic)
Kenya
(conventional
short form)
Republic of Kenya (official, English), Jamhuri ya Kenya(official,Swahili), British East
Africa Protectorate(former name when held in protectorate status prior to becoming a
colony starting in the 1880s until 1920), Kenya Colony(former name during British
colonization, from the 1920 until 1963)
North Korea
(common,English)
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (official, English), D.P.R.K., DPRK (initialism,
English), Choson Minjujuui Inmin Konghwaguk ()(official,Korean), Cho-son ( )(colloquial, Korean), Korea(conventional short form)
South Korea
(common,
English)
Republic of Korea (official, English),R.O.K., ROK (initialism, English),Dae-han-min-guk
()(official, Korean), Han-guk ( )(colloquial, Korean), Korea(conventional
short form)
Kosovo
(common,
English)
Republic of Kosovo (official, English), Republika e Kosovs(official, Albanian)
L [edit]
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Latvia
(common,
English)
Latvija(common, Latvian), Lettland(German, Swedish), Letland (Dutch, Danish)
Lebanon
(common,English)
The Lebanese Republic (official, English), Al-Jumhuriyya Al-Lubnaniyya(official,
Arabic),Lebnan or Lubnan(Common, Arabic), Liban(Common, French)
Lesotho
(common,
English)
Basutoland(former, English),Kingdom of Lesotho (official, English)
Lithuania
(common,
English)
Lietuva(common, Lithuanian),(Litva) (common, Russian)
M [edit]
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Malawi
(common) Nyasaland(former, English),Republic of Malawi (official, English)
Malaysia
Persekutuan Malaysia(official long form, Malay), Federation of Malaysia(official long
form, English),Malaya, Sabahand Sarawak(former, English names of the various
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malawihttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=13https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuaniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basutolandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesothohttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Lebanese_Republic&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latviahttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=12https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Kosovohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Koreahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_People%27s_Republic_of_Koreahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Koreahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_Colonyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Africa_Protectoratehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili_languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Kenyahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya -
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(official) components), Tanah Melayuor Malay Land (former, Malay),/
Mlixy(common, Mandarin),/ Malesiya(common, Tamil)
Maldives
(common)
Republic of the Maldives(official),The Maldive Islands(colloquial,
colonial), ,Dhivehi Raajje(official/ Dhivehi), Mahal
Dvipaor/Malldvipa(ancient,Sanskrit), ,/Dhibat-al-Mahal(ancient
Arabic)
Mauritania(common)
Islamic Republic of Mauritania(official, English), Rpublique Islamique deMauritanie(official, French)
Mexico
(shortened
form)
United Mexican States (official, English), Estados Unidos Mexicanos (official,
Spanish),Mxico(Spanish short form),Repblica Mexicana(Only heard in Mexico,
colloquial, Spanish), Mjico(Spanish variant), MEX( initialism),MX(initialism), Aztln,
Aztln(Spanish, Nahuatl)
Republic of
Macedonia
(official)
(official Macedonian),Macedonia, The former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, FYROM,Paeonia(Latin name, poetic), Vardar Banovina(former Yugoslav
province)
Moldova
Republic of Moldova(official),Republica Moldova(official, Moldovan), Moldavian
Soviet Socialist Republic(former Soviet name, English),
(former Soviet name,
Moldovan), Bessarabia,Bassarabia(historic name, still used
by irredentists), Bodan('Land of Voyvoda I. Bogdan', former common and official name
during Ottoman Empire, Turkish)
Morocco Kingdom of Morocco(official), Al Mamkaka Al Maghribiya(official, Arabic) means The
Far west kingdom, Commonly known asMaghreb(The Sunset Country, English)
Montenegro
(official,
English and
other
languages)
Crna Gora(official, Montenegrin, Serbian and Croatian), Mali i Zi(official, Albanian)
Myanmar Republic of the Union of Myanmar(official), Burma(colloquial)
N [edit]
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Netherlands[1]
(official,
English)
Kingdom of the Netherlands(official, English), Koninkrijk der Nederlanden(official,
Dutch),Nederland(Dutch), Holland(pars pro toto, English, Dutch and other
languages), Batavia(former and poetic, English, Dutch and other languages), Pays-
Bas(French, used alongside "Netherlands" as names in the two official languages of the
Int'l Olympic Committee)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_(terminology)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_alternative_country_names#cite_note-1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandshttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=14https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmarhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crna_Gorahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montenegrohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maghrebhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Far_west_kingdom&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al_Mamkaka_Al_Maghribiya&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Moroccohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moroccohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irredentismhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassarabiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessarabiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldavian_Soviet_Socialist_Republichttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republica_Moldovahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Moldovahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldovahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vardar_Banovinahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Macedoniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexicohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritaniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrithttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivian_languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives -
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New Zealand
(official,
English)
Aotearoa(official, Maori), Realm of New Zealand(official English name including Cook
Islands, Niue, Tokelau, and Ross Dependency),Dominion of New Zealand (former
official, English)
Norway
(common,
English)
Norge(common, NorwegianBokml, Danish, Swedish), Noreg(common,
Norwegian Nynorsk),Kingdom of Norway(official, English), Kongeriket Norge(official,
Norwegian Bokml), Kongeriket Noreg(official, Norwegian Nynorsk)
Nepal(common,
English)
saghiya lokatntrika gaatantra nepla (official,
Nepalese), Federal Democratic Republic Of Nepal (official, English)
P [edit]
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Pakistan(common,
English)
Islamic Republic of Pakistan(official and constitutional, English),Federation of
Pakistan(alternate official name, English), Dominion of Pakistan(historic official name,English), West Pakistan(common and later official name for the area now covering
Pakistan, used when discussing the polity before the secession of Bangladesh), (unofficial
historical names) SindhustanandIndoscythia
Palau
(common,
English)
Republic of Palau (official, English),Belau(common, Palauan was also sometimes used
by English speakers who supported Palauan independence before it was gained in 1994)
Peru
(common,English)
Republic of Peru(official, English),Repblica del Per (official,
Spanish), Per(common, Spanish),Peruvian Republic(former official name,English), Repblica Peruana(former official name, Spanish)
Philippines
(common,
English)
Repblika ng Pilipinas(official,Filipino), Republic of the
Philippines(official, English),Pilipinas(common, many local languages corruption of the
Spanish,Filipinas), Filipinas (commonSpanishand other local languages, contraction of
following), Las Islas Filipinas(named after Philip IIof Spain, historical, Spanish originally
corruption of the following), Las Islas Felipenas(historical, by Ruy Lopez de
Villalobos), 'Pins(colloquial), PH(official initialism, changed from RP to avoid confusion
with Poland see below), Philippine Islands(historic official name underAmerican
control also used colloquially, English),Filipina(common, Malay), Harng Bayang
Katagalugan("Sovereign Tagalog Nation", historical, byAndrs Bonifacio), Islas de San
Lzaro("Isles of Saint Lazarus", historical, byFerdinand Magellan)
Poland
(common,
English)
Republic of Poland (official, English), Rzeczpospolita Polska(official,
Polish), Polska(common, Polish), RP(often journalistic, Polish),People's Republic of
Poland(former Communist name, English),Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa(former
Communist name, Polish),Rzeczpospolita(historic common name, Polish), Polish-
Lithuanian Commonwealth(historic official name, English), Rzeczpospolita Obojga
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish-Lithuanian_Commonwealthhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rzeczpospolitahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polska_Rzeczpospolita_Ludowahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Polandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_of_Bethanyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Bonifaciohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahasa_Melayuhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Colonial_Period_(Philippines)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruy_Lopez_de_Villaloboshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Spainhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language_in_the_Philippineshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_Philippineshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippineshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Peruhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palauhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Palauhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palauhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Pakistanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_Pakistanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Pakistanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Pakistanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=15https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nynorskhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokm%C3%A5lhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nynorskhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noreghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokm%C3%A5lhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwayhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwayhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_New_Zealandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realm_of_New_Zealandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aotearoahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand -
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Narodw(historic official name, Polish), United Commonwealth of the Two
Nations(historic official name, English)
Portugal
Portuguese Republic(official, English), Lusitania(official, Latin),Galaico-
Portuguesenation andPortucalefrom the Gallaecitribe (Celtic Galeand Roman-
Celtic Portus Cale) and Galician-Portuguese(ethnic term derived from the original
language) Ophiussaalso spelledOphiusa(the ancient Greek name of what is now the
Portuguese territory. It means Land of Serpents)Portugalensis patrie,PortugalensiumpatrieandPortugaliaeby KingAfonso I, Regno Portugalensiumand Portugalis(Latin,
Medieval) Portugalliae et Algarbiae, Portugalliae, Lusitaniae(Latin) Purtugall(Middle
Ages)Burtughlis the word for Portugaland orangein Arabic (Portuguese influence and
expansion) Portingallor Portingal(common classical English and other late medieval
Germanic languages) Ocidental Praia Lusitana(Western Lusitanian Beach) and Ptria
Lusitana(LusitanianFatherland) from the national poem Os Lusadasand from all epic
poetry and chronicles of the Late Middle Ages and
Renaissance.Luxitaniaand Portugraal(Port of Grail) in Esotericism and metaphysical
literature
Puerto Rico
(common,
English and
Spanish)
Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico(official, Spanish),Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico(official, English), Porto Rico(archaic, English), Associated Free State of Puerto
Rico(non-official literal translation to English of the official Spanish
name), Borikn,Borinquen, or Borinken(former Tano name also used colloquially and
among nationalists)
R [edit]
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Romania
Romnia(official, Romanian),Rumaniaor Roumania(archaic, English), Kingdom of
Romania(name under monarchy, English),Regatul Romniei(name under monarchy,
Romanian), Romanian People's Republic(former Communist name, English),Republica
Popular Romn(former Communist name, Romanian),Socialist Republic of
Romania(former Communist name, English),Republica Socialist Romnia(former
Communist name, Romanian)
Russia
Russian Federation(official English description), (officialRussian),Russia, (official and common name, ambiguous, English), (Rossiya)
(common, Russian), RF(initialism), Russian Socialist Federative Soviet
Republic(former name), RSFSR(former name initialism), Rus(poetic or obsolete name,
ambiguous), Great Russia(obsolete name)
Rwanda
Republic of Rwanda (official, English), Rpublique du Rwanda(official,
French), Repubulika y'u Rwanda(official, Kinyarwanda),"Pays des mille
collines"(poetic, French), Ruanda(former colonial name)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Rwandahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_SFSRhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romaniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=16https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borik%C3%A9nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto_Ricohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Puerto_Ricohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_Libre_Asociado_de_Puerto_Ricohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Ricohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Os_Lus%C3%ADadashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitanichttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_I_of_Portugalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiussahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galician-Portuguesehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallaecihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitaniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Republichttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Commonwealth_of_the_Two_Nations -
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S [edit]
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Saint Kitts
and Nevis
Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis(co-official, English), Federation of Saint
Christopher and Nevis(co-official, English), Saint Christopher and Nevis(alternate
short-form, English), Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla(former official, English),Saint
Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla(former common, English), Saint KittsorSaintChristopher(shorthand, English), Liamuigaand Oualie(former indigenous names of the
islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, respectively)
Saudi
Arabia
(common,
English)
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (official, English), KSA(initialism), Saudia(former in English,
common in Arabic)Al-Mamlaka al-Arabiyya as-Saudiyya(official name in Arabic)
Serbia
(common,English)
Republic of Serbia (official, English),Servia(archaic, English), Srbija(common,
Serbian), Republika Srbija(official, Serbian), Serbia and Montenegro(former common,English),Yugoslavia(former common, English)
Singapore
(common,
English)
Republic of Singapore (official, English), Singapura(common,
Malay), Sinhapura(Sanskrit, i.e., Land of Lions), Xnjip/ (common,
Chinese), Cikappr/(common, Tamil), Pulau Ujong(historical,ancient), Shnan-t/(former, Japanese occupation), little red dot(colloquial
originally derogatory)
South Africa
(common,
English)
Azania, Mzansi (Xhosa, for South), Suid-Afrika (official,Afrikaans), Zuid-Afrika (former
official, Dutch)
Spain
Espaa(common, Spanish), Reino de Espaa(official, Spanish),Espanya (common,
Catalan),Espainia(common, Euskera),Spanish State(former name, also used now with
political nuances), la piel de toro(Spanish) / la pell de brau(Catalan) ("the bull hide",
metaphoric name after the shape of the Iberian Peninsula), Las Batuecas(derogatory
name in the works ofMariano Jos de Larra)
Sri Lanka
(common,Sanskrit,
English)
Ceylon(former, English),Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (official, English)/
(official,Tamil), Heladiva (Land of
Sinhalese)(former, Sinhala), Ratnadeepa (Island of Gems) (former,
Sinhala), elangai/(common, Tamil),Taprobane(one of the medievalnames ofSri Lanka)
Sudan
Republic of the Sudan (official, English), The Sudan(alternate English), Anglo-
Egyptian Sudan(colonial name, English), Mahdist State(former English
unofficial),Nubia(ancient name, also poetic)
Suriname Dutch Guiana(former, English),Netherlands Guiana(former official, English), Republic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surinam_(Dutch_colony)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surinamehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ahmadhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Egyptian_Sudanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sudanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Sudanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Sri_Lankahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taprobanehttp://www.mysrilankaholidays.com/island-of-gems.htmlhttp://mahavamsa.org/history-of-sri-lanka/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceylonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Jos%C3%A9_de_Larrahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Batuecashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Statehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spainhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaanshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xhosa_languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azaniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_red_dothttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sh%C5%8Dnan-t%C5%8D&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Ujonghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singaporehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Christopher-Nevis-Anguillahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevishttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=17 -
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(common,
English)
of Suriname(official, English), Republiek Suriname(official, Dutch), Surinam(English
name until 1978)
Sweden
(common,
English)
Sverige(common, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian), Konungariket Sverige(official,
Swedish), Kingdom of Sweden (official, English), Svea Rike(possibly former/poetical,
Swedish),Thule(Latin name, also poetic),Svitjod(Old Norse)
Switzerland
(common,
English)
Swiss Confederation (official, English),Schweiz(common, German, Danish,
Swedish), Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft(official, German), Suisse (common,French),Confdration suisse(official, French), Svizzera (common,
Italian),Confederazione Svizzera(official, Italian), Svizra (common,
Romansh),Confederaziun Svizra(official, Romansh), Confoederatio
Helvetica, Helvetia(Latin, sometimes used officially), CH(initialism)
T [edit]
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Taiwan
Republic of China (official, English),(official, Chinese), (common,
Chinese), ROC(initialism),Chinese Taipei/(international
designation), Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and
Matsu/(international designation), Taipei,
China(designation used by China to imply that Taiwan is part of China),Taiwan,
Province of China(UN designation), Nationalist China(obsolete), Free
China(obsolete, pro-Nationalist), Formosa(former, English)
Tanzania(common,
English)
United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar(former, English), United Republic
of Tanzania(official, English). Deutsch-Ostafrika, together with Ruanda and Urundi
(= German East Africa, colonial name until 1918). The country is named
after Tanganyika, its mainland part, and the Zanzibarislands off its east coast.
Thailand
(common,
English)
Siam(former, English), (former, Thai), Kingdom of Thailand(official,
English), (official, Thai), (common, Thai)
Transnistria Pridnestrovie(official shortform name), Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia
Respublica(official, longform)
Trinidad and
Tobago(common,
English)
Iere(poetic, "Land of the Hummingbird," believed to be derived from
Arawak), Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (official, English),Trinbago(informal,
English)
Tunisia
((official, Arabic)(common, French, English
Tunisia(official shortform name),Republic of Tunisia(official, longform),
(, (official, Arabic
Republic of Turkey(official, English),Trkiye Cumhuriyeti(official, Turkish), Asia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Minorhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Turkeyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ierehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobagohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Transnistriahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistriahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A8%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A2https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibarhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanganyikahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzaniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Taipeihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Chinahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=18https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confoederatio_Helveticahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Confederationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerlandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverigehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden -
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Turkey Minor(geographical, English), Anatolia(geographical, English), Ottoman
Empire(former, English), Turkish Empire(former unofficial,
English), Porteor Sublime Porte(English descriptions of the former Ottoman state)
Tuvalu Tuvalu(short- and long-form name, English and Tuvaluan), Ellice Islands(colonial
name, English)
U [edit]
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Ukraine
(shortened
form)
Ukraine(official), Ukrana(Ukrainian), UA, UKR.(initialism),Kievan Rus' (Former name
for of East Slavic tribes in Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century), Kingdom of
GaliciaVolhyniaorKingdom of Ruthenia(historic name of Western
Ukraine), Zaporizhian Host(is an adopted name in historiography for the Ukrainian
Cossack state on the territory ofDnieperUkraine and Siveriathat existed between 1649
and 1764)United Arab
Emirates
(shortened
form)
United Arab Emirates(English),Trucial States(English, prior to 1971), Al Emirat al
Arabbiya al Muttahida (official, Arabic) UAE, U.A.E. (English initialism)
United
Kingdom
(shortened
form)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (official,
English), Britain(colloquial), Great Britain(colloquial), UK, U.K.(initialism), United
Kingdom(short form), Albion(poetic, Latin),Britannia(poetic, Latin), Perfidious
Albionif said by an old enemy (mainly humorous today), Anglia(poetic, Latin, refers
specifically toEngland), Alba(Scottish, Gaelic-refers specifically
to Scotland),Caledonia(poetic, Latin-refers specifically
to Scotland), Cymru(official, Welsh-refers specifically toWales), Ulster(colloquial, refers
specifically to Northern Ireland)
United
States
(shortened
form)
United States of America(official),America(colloquial and also former name
originally), the States(colloquial), US, U.S., USA, Usa, U.S.A.,
U.S.A(initialism), Columbia(Latin, poetic), Freedonia,Appalachia, Alleghany (names
proposed afterAmerican Revolutionary War), United States(short form), Usonia(used by
James Duff Law and popularized by Frank Lloyd Wright), Usono(Esperanto name basedon "United States ofNorth America.)
[edit]
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Vanuatu
New Hebrides(former name under British and French condominium rule from 1906
1980), Niuhebridis(Bislama), Nouvelles Hebrides(former official name in
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bislamahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hebrideshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanuatuhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=20https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usonia#Origin_of_the_wordhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_Warhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedoniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waleshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotlandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotlandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Englandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfidious_Albionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britainhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdomhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirateshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siveriahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnieperhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Ukrainehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Rutheniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Galicia%E2%80%93Volhyniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kievan_Rushttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainehttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=19https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellice_Islandshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvaluhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvaluhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Portehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empirehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoliahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Minorhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey -
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(common) French),Rpublique de Vanuatu (French),Ripablik blong
Vanuatu(Bislama),Vanuatri(jocular name used in humour)[citation needed]
Vietnam
(common)
An Nam(former name in other foreign languages), Champa(historical kingdom),i
Vit(historical kingdom), Giao Ch(former Chinese province or vassal kingdom),French
Indochina(former name under French colonization when united with Laos and
Cambodia, English), Lnh Nam(poetic name),Socialist Republic of Vietnam(official,
English), parted in North Vietnam(Democratic Republic of Vietnam)and SouthVietnam(Republic of Vietnam)from 1954 to 1975, Cng ha X hi Ch ngha Vit
Nam(official, Vietnamese), Vit Nam(short form, Vietnamese), SRV, S.R.V., VN,
V.N. (English initialism)
Z [edit]
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Zambia(common)
Northern Rhodesia(former, English), Republic of Zambia(official, English)
Zimbabwe
(common)
Rhodesiaor Republic of Rhodesia(former names, English), Republic of
Zimbabwe (official, English),Southern Rhodesia(former, English)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Rhodesiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Rhodesiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zambiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=21https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnamhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Vietnamhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Indochinahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed